[Primary pulmonary hemangiopericytoma in a child]

The authors report a case of a child, aged fourteen, who had a primary malignant pulmonary haemangiopericytoma. The diagnosis could only be made following the histological study of the excised pneumonectomy specimen and after silver staining. There was a fatal outcome some six months after the operation, despite satisfactory surgery and complementary chemotherapy. The rarity of this type of tumour, notably in children, justifies the presentation of this case report.